Hurried off to work after that. Work was off-and-on steady. It actually could have been worse on a Sunday. First of all, the weather was gorgeous, sunny, windy, and much cooler. Second, most people might be waiting for the holiday tomorrow to do their shopping. Third, the Eagles game wasn't until 4. We also had a lot more help around than usual. I'm still having trouble dealing with customers. Several people were still rude or had trouble with their cards that are supposed to buy healthy food. At least it slowed down enough by 4:30 for me to hurry out.
(Oh, and the Eagles rammed their way through the Rams' defense early-on, and though the Rams tried, the Eagles managed to outrun them. The Eagles dashed to victory 23-14 and are one of two teams in the NFL at the moment with no losses along with the 49ers.)
Went home and into The Ambassador. This is a short-lived musical version of the Henry James novel The Ambassadors. Neither its 1971 staging in London nor its 1972 Broadway version ran for long. Maybe people in 1971 just weren't in the mood what amounts to a romantic operetta about a staid New England lawyer (Howard Keel) who is sent to retrieve the son of his employer from Paris and ends up falling for a wealthy widow (Danielle Darrieux). I didn't get to finish the whole thing, but some of the songs on the first side weren't bad, including the widow's "Surprise" as she explains her philosophy of life and "Love Finds the Lonely."
Finished the night at YouTube with tonight's Match Game Sunday Classics marathon, featuring even more male heartthrobs. Of course, "heartthrob" is a relative term. I'm not sure I'd call Jon "Bowser" Bauman or Skip Stephenson heartthrobs, even if they had some good moments in 1978-1979 and syndication respectively. Other unlikely hunks included Fred Grandy of The Love Boat and George Kennedy.
Others made more sense. Bert Convy would make one last appearance on the show in 1979, joining Robert Walden of Lou Grant. Brett got Robert to take his jacket off, then his sweater. The latter eventually ended up being used as a scarf by Patty Duke. Country star Bill Anderson appeared on several memorable weeks, notably the one with Debralee Scott in 1976. Robert Culp of I Spy and The Greatest American Hero appeared in an early week alongside Pat Carroll. Philly singer and director James Darren turned up for New Year's in the last week of 1975. Clifton Davies of Amen made several delightful appearances, notably during the week of the first PM episode earlier that year.
The most famous heartthrob to appear on the show just made a cameo. Burt Reynolds passed through during an episode in 1974. He actually played on the original 60's version when he was a struggling TV actor, but was mainly there to praise the work his long-time buddy Charles Nelson Reilly did on the Tonys around that time. Kaye Stevens kept hanging off him. He kissed Louisa Moritz and gave the female contestant a kiss on her cheek that I'm sure she never washed off.
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